DELICIOUS things now in print!

Here are DELICIOUS PLEASURE and DELICIOUS PAIN posing naughtily on the pink pouffe in the Dumpster Office of Doom!

DELICIOUS PLEASURE is a collection of short fiction devoted to general sensuality and naughtiness, while DELICIOUS PAIN features stories and short novellas devoted to BDSM and erotic power play.

I hope you like the covers that I designed myself. They're simple enough, but I think they turned out well.

Here are the buy links for Delicious Pain

AMAZON UK  

AMAZON US  

AMAZON CA  

AMAZON AU 

BARNES & NOBLE

More info about the stories in Delicious Pain here

Here are the buy links for Delicious Pleasure

AMAZON UK

AMAZON US

AMAZON CA

AMAZON AU

BARNES & NOBLE

More info about the stories in Delicious Pleasure here

Portia in Print!

I've been foofing about with Createspace, and making print copies of some of my self published work. Some time ago, I published a print copy of Lessons and Lovers, with a beautiful cover by Croco Designs, but in the last week or so, I've gotten experimental and started making my own print covers and interior files, using Photoshop and Vellum. A fantastic YouTube video from Elizabeth Ann West really helped me gain the confidence to try making covers.

Of course, the crunch will come when the proof copies arrive, in a week or so's time, but here are the covers I've come up with so far, for WILD IN THE COUNTRY, and my little kink anthology DELICIOUS PAIN.

I will post again here with pix of the actual books when they arrive, and also when the go live and are available to buy!

MASTERED: Ten Tales of Sensual Surrender - cover reveal!

Here's the newly revealed cover for MASTERED, a red hot BDSM boxed set that I'm a part of. It contains ten hot stories of sensual pleasure-pain and I'm proud to be part of such an incredible lineup.

My contribution is HIS SECRET, the first installment of my new Forbidden Secrets mini series.

The official release date is 21st July 2014 but MASTERED can already be preordered from the following outlets...

iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id887927200

BN: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mastered-emily-ryan-davis/1119711528?ean=9781928115014&itm=1&usri=9781928115014

There's also a lively Facebook group for all the latest news about MASTERED and general fun aplenty!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/masteredboxset/

You can enter this Rafflecopter draw to win a small prize to celebrate the cover reveal.



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New cover, new price!

To celebrate the dramatic new cover of my short story collection, DARING INTERLUDES, I've reduced the price to a very tasty 99c [or 77p or equivalent in your currency]. These stories are super hot, and yes, very daring. They're all about couples who are established and happy together, but eager to have fun trying edgy new sensual pleasures.

Here's the lowdown on each one:

In The Concubine, Merry spices up Rick's convalescence by telling him one of her super sexy stories and transporting him to a fantasy kindom where a beautiful and sensually accomplished courtesan serves her lord and master.

Silver Screen is a walk on the wild side for the heroine when she's compelled to take breathtaking erotic risks at the behest of her wickedly imaginative lover.

Vickie and Terrence both have sexual secrets, and neither quite knows what's going on in the other's head when they're in bed, making love. But one day, Vickie reveals her Naughty Thoughts... and discovers a brand new, thrilling Terrence. A powerful man who likes to play spanking games.

Daring Interludes is available from Barnes and Noble, Nook UK, Kobo Ebooks, Amazon Kindle US and Amazon Kindle UK.

There's a mini excerpt here.

Cover reveal... sort of...

Okay, so it's not *really* a cover reveal. ;)

I've been freshening up some of the covers of my self published titles, adding a little colour. I think those stark, dramatic black and white type covers look great on physical printed books, but I feel that the covers for digital titles need to be a bit 'brighter' somehow. So... I've given Hettie some nice coral coloured lipstick and warmed her skintone with a touch of light honeyed tan.

You can discover a little bit about her complicated love story and her relationship with Starr, her hunky personal assistant, here:

http://www.portiadacosta.com/lessons2.html

New Black Lace cover reveal

Two of my classic Black Lace titles are being republished next year and these are the dramatic, sexy new covers they've been given! Aren't they great?

You can find out more about the books here:

http://www.portiadacosta.com/entertaining.html

http://www.portiadacosta.com/devilinside.html

ENTERTAINING MR STONE should hit the shelves in April 2014 and THE DEVIL INSIDE follows in June 2014

Latest release - OBJECT OF DESIRE!

Here's my latest release - a long short story about neighbours to lovers, called OBJECT OF DESIRE.

Sylvia is totally in lust with her gorgeous neighbour Dr Nathaniel Gowen, a distinguished military historian who just happens to be a hunk with a killer body. She's been watching him exercise out in the communal garden for weeks, but somehow just can't make the leap from saying hello to the handsome academic to inviting him into her flat, her bed... and her life. Instinct tells her he's a good guy as well as desperately desirable.

OBJECT OF DESIRE was previously published by Total-e-Bound, and while the text remains substantially the same, I think we can all agree on the fact that this new cover is stunning!!! What a body, eh? Clearly Doctor Gowen applies him just as vigorously to his fitness regime as he does to his scholarly pursuits.

Anyway, he's the official blurb:

See him, want him... love him?

Doctor Nathaniel Gowen is a hunk, and when he puts his godlike body through a series of graceful Tai Chi moves outside in their communal garden, Sylvia Bradford can't help but desire him. He's everything she's ever wanted in a man.

There's just one problem though. She's never spoken to him beyond saying "hello" and she's having difficulty coming up with an opening gambit.

But while Sylvia's busy working out how to make the first move, and get to know the gorgeous academic, Doctor Gowen himself comes knocking at her door. Does he really want to borrow a cup of sugar… or is it something quite different, and a lot hotter, that he's after?

You can find an excerpt of OBJECT OF DESIRE here:

http://www.portiadacosta.com/objectofdesire.html

It's available to buy from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com with other outlets to follow very soon.

UPDATE - now available from All Romance Ebooks too

New cover for FIRE AND ICE!

Here the brand new cover for FIRE AND ICE! Don't you think it's steamy? Look at that clinch and the way they're so into each other!

FIRE AND ICE is very much a winter/Christmas story, inspired by the time himself replaced our central heating system and we were shivering in the cold for about a week. Of course he chose December to do the job. LOL

Anyway, here's the blurb for the story:

Sharing their body heat...

Super efficient P.A. Cally Hobbes is head over heels in love with her handsome boss, the urbane and delicious Innes McKenzie. Day after day, beneath her cool, businesslike exterior, she's simmering hot for him, and she knows he's not entirely immune to her either, despite their perfect, above board working relationship.

Icy weather, a broken central heating system, and a dose of 24 hour flu suddenly change everything. With Innes alone and laid low in his frozen flat, Cally's golden chance to get close finally arrives. Innes is freezing, and she's burning for his touch, so what else can a girl do but climb into her boss's bed to warm up his chilly limbs with a dose of body heat?

An overnight recovery quickly leads to a very different kind of therapy... making all Cally's dreams of passion flame into life. Sex with her beloved Innes is everything she's fantasized about, and more. Much, much more.

But will their mutual desire and tender feelings survive a return to office propriety? Working together as P.A. and boss again, can Cally and Innes share the lasting glow of love? 

You can find more information, buying links, and a super hot excerpt here:

http://www.portiadacosta.com/fireandice2.html

Available from: Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk plus other outlets.

Enjoy and stay warm! :)

New cover for NAUGHTY THOUGHTS!

How do you like this brand new cover for my super hot, super quick read, NAUGHTY THOUGHTS? Doesn't she just look like she's having a really, really naughty thought right now? :)

Here's the blurb for this sexy short story:

Dare Vickie reveal her secret fantasies?

Vickie and Terrence have a delicious sex life, even though neither one knows quite what's going on in the other's head when they're making passionate love. But one night, in the heat of the moment, Vickie confesses her dark, dangerous fantasies about being punished and dominated... and discovers a brand new, thrilling side to her beloved Terrence. He's a powerful dominant who likes to play spanking games, and it turns out that the Master of Vickie's dreams and the familiar lover who's already in her bed are one and the same man.

You can check out a mini teaser excerpt of NAUGHTY THOUGHTS here:

http://www.portiadacosta.com/naughtythoughts2.html

Look at these two beauties!

Here are the covers for my two latest books from Black Lace, out within a month of each other. Aren't they gorgeous?

THE ACCIDENTAL BRIDE is the concluding installment of the Accidental Trilogy, and the clue is in the title as to the direction of Lizzie and John's relationship takes in the story. Yes, they're heading towards marriage, but there are plenty of bumps and pitfalls along the way for them, especially in the form of a powerful figure from John's emotional past, who could scupper all their plans completely...

THE GIFT is my winter/Christmas reimagining of my 2009 title Kiss It Better, complete with a new erotic/romantic epilogue that spicily rounds off the story of Sandy and Jay's complicated relationship, with it's sexy secrets and poignant echoes from the past...

More details, with excerpts, here:

The Accidental Bride [UK release - 21st November]

The Gift [UK release - 5th December]

Gorgeous!

Isn't this gorgeous? It's the UK cover of Diamonds in the Rough, available now in epub from the Mills & Boon site, with print version to follow. Should be on Amazon UK in June.

The US cover is pretty fabulous too...

This US version is available on Amazon.com on 28th June!

Look at this!

I've been ill the last few days, with a dreaded lurgi that's going around. But look what arrived while I was laid low!

Here are the details - Accidental Call Girl page

It's out on 14th February in the UK and 26th March in the US. 

Two more pretty covers!

Here are two more gorgeous covers... for books #2 and #3 of my ACCIDENTAL TRILOGY, due out in August and October of 2013.

Book #1, THE ACCIDENTAL CALL GIRL, is out in February... on Valentine's Day no less! :)

Another gorgeous new cover!

Here's the lovely new UK cover for my Victorian 'Indecent Proposal' style romp IN THE FLESH!

Isn't it a cracker? Not sure that Edmund Ellsworth Ritchie is quite a Mr Darcy, but he's certainly a confident, somewhat arrogant man and just as in Pride and Prejudice, he and Beatrice, my heroine, first set eyes on each other across a dance floor.

This super new edition is due out in the UK in October!

More about IN THE FLESH here.

More covers!

This beauty is for the mainstream reprint of IN TOO DEEP. Yes, with any luck, Portia Da Costa will hit the supermarket shelves soon, hopefully some time after the 2nd of August!

IN TOO DEEP - excerpt

CHANCE OF A LIFETIME was first published back in 2008, and is now part of Mills & Boon's new 12 Shades of Surrender series, which has its début in July. More details to follow.

CHANCE OF A LIFETIME - excerpt

Latest happenings and bits...

Another in my series of bitty disorganised blog posts. I guess it's better than my usual silence though, isn't it?

First up, THE ACCIDENTAL CALL GIRL. I'm trundling along nicely with this one, the story of Lizzie who starts masquerading as an escort in order to pull a gorgeous man in a bar, and ends up maintaining the charade for far longer than she'd anticipated... because she's fallen head over heels for him!

Here's how I picture "John Smith", pretty much looking how he does when she first spots him, although YMMV, of course, when you eventually read the book.

Actually, it's an evening encounter, and John's drinking gin, but the vibe of this pic is spot on. And to give you a flavour of that first meeting, I've posted a short 'first draft' excerpt of THE ACCIDENTAL CALL girl at my web site. Check it out!

The Accidental Call Girl - opening of Chapter One

In other news...

I've been indulging in one of my favourite vices of the moment again... ie. redesigning the covers of my self published titles! The latest is for FORBIDDEN TREASURES, my "married couple discover their shared love of spanking" story, part of my Delicious Masters series.

When Alice Porter finds a chest full of vintage curiosa at an antique market, she little realizes how her discovery of the forgotten treasures of an Edwardian disciplinarian will change her life. The sexy hoard includes a punishment ledger and a well used rattan cane, and the bygone items intrigue her husband Julian too. Sharing and experimenting with the writings and the wicked implement, the lovers begin a voyage of forbidden sensuality that shocks and thrills them both, revealing dark secrets from Julian's past and bringing the two of them closer together than they've ever been before.

FORBIDDEN TREASURES is available with this sexier new cover from Amazon Kindle US and Amazon Kindle UK, and you can find links to other outlets and read an excerpt here.

I'm working through all my self published titles, given them this new 'treatment', complete with the little black lacy trim that's a celebration of the return of my beloved Black Lace to publication in September!

A change of cover...

I've made a new cover for my erotic BDSM short, NAUGHTY THOUGHTS. I very much liked my old cover for this title, but after listening to the thoughts and advice of a bunch of smart self publishers, all of whom are far bigger sellers than I am, I realized I ought to try something a bit more eye-catching...

So, what do you think? I think it's fun and saucy and does suggest the 'naughty thoughts' that the heroine Vickie has, the BDSM fantasies she indulges in when she's making love with her man, Terrence. Luckily for her, Terrence is a perceptive fellow... and a dominant... so pretty soon he's making her dreams into reality.

You can buy Naughty Thoughts from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk and there's a sexy sample here.

Naughty Thoughts is part of my Delicious Masters series.

Delicious Masters ~ when women meet the Doms of their dreams ~

Here's the previous cover for comparison. More dreamy and mysterious, I think.

NB. If you've bought my anthology DARING INTERLUDES, please don't buy NAUGHTY THOUGHTS, as it's included in that collection.

New look for Power of Three

I decided to give my menage erotic romance POWER OF THREE a brand new look! I liked the old cover, but somehow, I didn't feel it was quite right for the story, so here's Laurie, the heroine, looking all seductive and knowing... and why shouldn't she when she's the cherished lover of two hot men!

Here's the blurb:

It's no fun being dumped almost at the altar, but newly *not* engaged Laurie decides to make the best of things and enjoy her honeymoon at an exotic Caribbean resort all on her own. The plan is to lie in the sun, read a book, do a bit of birdwatching and exploring... anything to take her mind off her rat of an ex fiance and the bimbo he got pregnant.

But it's not easy to forget about love and sex when everyone around her at the resort is getting in on. Pretty soon, she's using her binoculars to spy on creatures a bit higher up the evolutionary scale - the hot threesome in one of the adjacent cabanas, and the pair of gorgeously hunky gay guys who are also staying just across the courtyard.

These delicious men especially fire Laurie's senses and make her forget her romantic woes. So when she realises that they're watching her while she's watching them, what else is a girl to do but accept the invitation of a lifetime, and become part of a threesome herself?

But what if her luscious faux honeymoon menage is only the beginning of better and hotter things to come?

You can find an excerpt here:

http://www.portiadacosta.com/powerof3.html

POWER OF THREE is available from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk

Links to other online outlets here

I've been tinkering with Photoshop Elements

Because I can't resist fiddling with graphics software, I decided to give POWER OF THREE, my menage novella, a fresh new look. Instead of trying to wrangle three people onto the cover, and not really doing any of them justice, I decided to just show the lushly muscular chest of one of the delicious men... ;)

Read the blurb and a naughty excerpt of POWER OF THREE here.

A Gentlewoman's Dalliance - the cover

Here's my latest Spice Briefs cover. It's for the fourth - and sadly last - of my Ladies' Sewing Circle Briefs, A GENTLEWOMAN'S DALLIANCE.

Here's the blurb:

London, 1890

Mary Brigstock and her husband have no difficulty maintaining the passion in their marriage, but even the most ardent lovers crave new experiences. When Mary tells the Ladies’ Sewing Circle that she wants her husband to spank her, their worldly hostess arranges exactly what she desires: the services of an expert disciplinarian who can teach the Brigstocks how to make their wicked fantasy a reality….

Part of Portia Da Costa’s Ladies’ Sewing Circle series.

It's out in March 2012 and you can read a naughty excerpt here!